Chump of Brazil 2014

David Luiz

Newly of Paris Saint-Germain, at quite some cost, Luiz was being talked about as one of the players of the tournament until the suspension of his more defensively minded centre-back partner Thiago Silva exposed the true madness at the heart of his incessant forays forward.

The Germans punished Luiz’s indiscipline with all the ice-cold ruthlessness we’ve come to expect from that nation of unflappable penalty takers.